At 16:04 -0700 06/09/2002, Michael Chavez wrote: >Jeff W, > >There was a link you posted not too long ago to an obscure retailer >who supplied >the Wired 4DVD PCI card, as well as other Mac items. Do you think you can >supply that link again. I seem to have lost it.
Hi Michael, The web link was to Eagle Surplus, but their site appears to be permanently down (shows under construction screen). I think I later posted the email address for the owner of Eagle Surplus as he has many of the Wired4DVD cards left for about $80 - $90. I'd be happy to provide that email address again, but I'm experiencing technical difficulties at the moment wtih Eudora, in the form of corrupt and rebuilt mail boxes. I'm hoping it isn't a systemic disk problem, but I'm currently engaged in backups before I do anything else, just in case. Rebuilding one TOC, Eudora added about 1000 previously deleted email messages to my In box, so finding the message that deals with the Wired4DVD would be time consuming at this time. I believe the fellow is selling them on Ebay, so a search there might turn him up. Or someone else here may have saved the contact info. I had a nice reply to David Stephens discussion of the VST card written when Eudora packed it in and ate my work. Sigh. I never can get the wording right the second time. Basically, his description of the slot problems was dead on, and I wanted to add descriptions of two oddball incompatibilities I'd found that are not slot or machine dependent (happens on PTP as well as S900). But I've described those problems in earlier posts months ago, so the info is out there. The main warning I'd put in is to be wary of data corruption on the Fast Internal SCSI bus if you're using the VST card. I don't know that it's happening, but I've seen one secondary indicator. But the evidence could point to some other problem that data corruption. The root cause is definitely the VST card. A couple of folks remarked on my absence, otherwise. I was in Florida for about a week for family stuff and then the technical problems started. There were a few days in between but I was preoccupied with that new IBM PPC750FX. I really want to get my hands on some samples.... Anybody here have connections at IBM that can get those parts. :-) MPCPCMEC.pdf on Motorola's web site shows how to hook a G3 up to a ZIF card, pin out wise. It wouldn't be very difficult to design a small ZIF for the thing and have some run off. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
